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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26
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TO cure wart, scrape q carrot
Sne. mix with salt and apply as .
psoultice five or six nights.
-Beets have been raised for three
dollars and fifty cents ton. Mechan-
Zeal methods in their cultivation should
reduce the cost still lower.
Fruit Cake.-One pound each of
flour, sugar and butter, one-half poun6
Of citrOn sliced thin, four pounds of
seeded raisins, two pounds of currants,
one ounce each of cinnamon and
cloves, four grated nutmegs and ten
eggs. Bake one hour in q large pan
Household.
Chocolate Pudding.-Half a cake
OF chocolate. grated. vanilla TO flavor,
small half pint of soda cracker crumbs,
butter size of an egg, one-half pint of
boiled milk, whites of six eggs, one
half cup of sugar, salt; boil in mold
for one-half hour. To be eaten hot:-
Baptist Weekly.
Roast Veal.-Take loin of veal,
make dressing as for turkey. fill the
fat with the dressing and secure it
firmly on to the loin; rub the veal all
over with salt, pepper and butter; pvt
N a pan with little hot water, cook
until done, and serve with mushroom
sauce.-LOssisriHe COmrier-JournGI.
"A tough clay can stand much more
lime than light sandy soil, the latter
standing the more the richer it is in.
humus. Upon a soil rich in humus, bus
poor in lime, this fertilizer is especially
valuable, The existence of certain
weeds, notably the sOrrel, is sign that
the soil is greatly in need of Inning
Montreal Witness.
To Clean Papered Walls.-The
very best method is to sweep off light
~ all the dust that has collected, then
TO rub the paper with stale bread. cut
the crust off thick, and wipe straight
down from the top, then begin at the
top again, and so on. Care should be
taken that the parts rubbed should
meet, or the wall will have striped
experimentation Field and Stock
man.
How to Scramble Eggs.-Break
six eggs into bowl and season with
salt and pepper. Pour into a heated
skillet, containing one tablespoon
melted butter, and, as the eggs cook,
turn them up constantly from the bot
tom. Serve when slightly dried. The
eggs should never be stirred, only the
yelks broken, as they will present a
better appearance than when beaten
Chicago Herald.
For n farmers use, horse is worth
more at seven than at any other age
He has nearly as many years of ser
vice before him as at less age, and at
seven is past the danger of being
strained or injured by overwork. How
old he must be before becoming super
animated depends upon circumstances.
A horse overworked becomes played
out at an age when one well treated IS
still able to do good service.-Nee1'
England Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26
CASTOR BEAN PRODUCTS.
A Peculiar Industry Which Is of Consider
able Commercial Importance.

A Peculiar Industry Which Is of Consider
able Commercial Importance.
Among the various industries which
are comparatively but little known be-
yond their speciality that of the product
of the castor bean may be mentioned
rs one of the most unique. The oil is
specially adapted for lubricating all
sorts of machinery, clocks, watches,
giving white light far superior to that
of mineral oils, petroleum, rapeseed,
linseed and all other oils, whether veg
etable, animal or mineral; it also gives
very little SCOT, and all things consid-
cred. has been pronounced the cheapest
oil known. All the great perfumers of
London and Paris use castor oil for the
manufacture of golden oil, so well
known for its property of keeping the
head cool, and the skin and its pores,
as we'll as the roots of the hair, soft
and open. The oil is used for textile
fabrics, to fit them for dyeing and print
ing, for which purpose the India
dyers and printers invariably employ
it; and it is one of the best oils for
dressing tanned hides and skins of all
kinds, on account of its imparting to
them such degree of strength. dura-
bility. tenacity and beauty. From the
oil cake, in addition to its other uses,
a gas is obtained, which gives a supe-
rior light, some of the stations on the
East India railway being illuminated
this way. The oil dissolves completely
in alcohol, and this. incorporated with
a solution of cOpal, makes varnish,
which it is said, is very useful in pol
ishing all kinds of first-class furniture,
r,ictl1ra frames cloth CANVAS etc
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26
CANNED FOODS.
General Directions for Selecting. Emptxlnx
and Serving Goods in Cans.

6eneraA Directions for Selecting, EmPtylnE
and Serving Goods in Cans.
Ii the ends of a can are bulged out,
and when pressed in do not 50 remain,
bot spring back again, constituting
what are called ''swells," such cans
should be rejected. although even in
this case, under some circumstances, a
mistake will be made 1t does not,
however, follow that fermentation will
always result in q b1lging out of the
can If, through a hole left in the can
during the soldering Of the seams or
from any other cause, air enters and
causes fermentation, the gas resulting
nsay in6 an escape through this same
hOle without producing any bulging.
In this case the fermentation viii not
be discovered until the can is opened.
The writer recently partook of some
gage plums which had been in 81 swell
can and found them so little fermented
that the change could not be detected
Fruit much more altered had repeatedly
been "reprocessed' by his mother and
served up at the family tea much to the
delight and qualification of numerous
youngsters. 1t would, however, be
safer to reject all ''swells," and thus
escape any possible detriment which
might result from the consumption of
fermented food.
Another rule which may be adopted
for guidance in the selection of
canned goods, and by NO means the
least important, is to purchase such as
are put up by well-knOwn and re-
sponsible packers-men who are not
ashamed to have their names printed
on their labels. Such dealers may be
relied upon to furnish the best quality
of goods and to exercise the most
scrupulous care and the safest methods
in packing. The fact that they can
and will be held responsible by courts
and juries if injury can be traced to
their door will keep them ever watch
full, if, indeed, they were not already
actuated by higher motives than those
of dollars and cents.
1t should always be the practice,
when once a can is opened, to empty
the contents into a glass or china dish
and to eat them as soon as possible;
for these goods, like others preserved
in the same way, readily ferment when
the air Is permitted to come in contact
with them. In short, the best advice
which can be given to purchasers of
canned goods, is to use the same judg-
ment and discretion they would in the
thousand and one matters of daily life,
and the probabilities are that, as it is
the rare exception to hear of poisoning
by impure food of any kind, SO will
cases of sickness from the use OF
canned goods be very infrequent and
uncommon.-1oseph Raymond, N. d.,
IN ~. Y. Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26
A PLAN WORTH TRYING.

Intelligent Directions for Farmers Who
Wish to Make Their Own Cheese.
The establishment of factories put an
end to cheese-making in farm houses in
most parts of the country and generally
put an end to cheese-eating in the same
houses. Many country groceries do not
keep cheese for sale, and those that do
sell it at prices that farmers can not af-
fc I'd to pay. Thirty years ago every farm
or made cheese and his family was as
well supplied with it as with pork, beef,
butter and eggs. Now cheese seldom APP
pears on the tables of farmers. Though
the wholesale price of cheese is low the
retail price is high. Few farmers
want to buy whole cheese on account
of its large size, and accordingly they
get along without this desirable article
of food. Many decline to eat factory
cheese for fear that it contains some
foreign fat that may be injurious. In
view of these facts, Henry Stewart
recommends that farmers make their
own cheese and gives these directions:
Any quantity of milk, from one hum
bred pounds upward, may be used.
The nights milk may be set in cool
place and stirred frequently up to the
latest opportunity. In the morning
the railk is skinned and put in tin
pail in a tub of hot water to get
wGrmed up to 100 degrees. The morn
iI-g's milk is brought in fresh and
warm. and is at once mixed with the
warmed milk, which is reduced to 80
degrees by this mixture. The mixed
milk is put into a clean wash-tub and
the rennet is added. The rennet is made
by sleeping a piece of the dried
stomach of a calf in warm water and
adding salt. The exact quantity re-
quired for 100 pounds of milk is 60
grains, or one-eighth of an ounce of the
dry stomach in two and Il half ounces
of water, at 20 degrees, for twenty-four
hours for milk at 80 degrees. About one
dram OF teaspoOnful of salt is added
for this quantity. When the rennet is
added the milk is well stirred TO
thoroughly mix the rennet, and the
the tub is covered with a cloth to re-
tain the heat. This quantity of rennet
is enough to make the curd in an hour.
More rennet will make a hard, dry
cheese. and so will a higher tempera-
ture, either of these being equivalent
in effect to the other. A low tempera-
ture and a small quantity of rennet
are almost equivalent to each other in
producing soft, mellow cheese, which
cures it in the best manner and de-
velops a meaty, rich flavor.
In one hour the curd is set. 1t is
now cut with long-bladed knife, or
blade made of strip of hoop-iron set
in handle and ground to a sharp
edge. The curd is cut in straight. per-
pendicular slices. one inch thick, and
then crosswise one inch apart This
causes the whey to separate and the
curd to shrink. Just here is the point
where the various methods of making
cheese separate. By the Cheddar sys-
tenn, the whey is dipped off and heated
to $50 or $50 degrees and is poured
back on the curd, which is thus heated
up to 100 degrees. and is kept so heated
until piece taken between the teeth
''squeaks" when it is chewed, or when
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26
FASHIONABLE KINKS.
Some Timely Topics in which Every LAd5
Is Interested.

6CInc 1OpIcS III Livery LEU
Is Interested.
Colored Brussels net furnishes O
favorite ruching for the neck and
sleeves.
Indian silk combined with lace forms
some of the very daintiest of summer
toilets.
Some single-breasted jackets are
again made with two darts, and very
closely fitted.
Jubilee serges, both in silk and wool,
are numbered with English novelties
in spring and summer dress fabrics.
A novel spring bonnet is of drawn
black muslin, with coronet composed
of strings of jet beads tied in a knot. =
Beads in the greatest variety of col
ors, plain and iridescent. will figure
prominently in bonnet and dress trim
mings.
The black, brown and blue cloths
with hair stripes of white, ecru or red,
introduced last year, are still in use
for serviceable coats.
Cutlery with rough wooden handles,
overlaid with silver in oxidized finish,
will satisfy the present craving for
rustic Ornamentation,
Black and white effects in tiny dots
and points, polka dots, fine lines and
stripes, seem to be much favored in
new suitings, silks, etc.
Silver whip-handles, an exact imita-
ton of the braided leather handles, and
silver parasol handles of unique design
are seen in the jewelers. windows.
Beaded parasOls, MORE parasols in
white or color and lace para soils with =
fulled cover over colored satin, afford q.
choice to those who seek a sunshade
for the coming season. Some very
splendid ones have ribs tipped with gilt
or silver.
At recent very elegant dinner to
sixteen guests the center of the table
was adorned with large square basket
of rushes, filled with variegated tulips,
the handles at either end of the baskee
being adorned with large bows of very
wide watered scarlet ribbon.
Heavy expensive fabrics are no Longer
used for ball and evening dresses by
young ladies; such airy materials az
white or colored net, tulle and lace,
have taken their place. These thin
fabrics are made up over foundation
of white or colored SILK or Earsaenet
as.S tzS.Ss u ribbon and flowers are e
employed as trimmings.
1t is the correct thing nowadays on
the occasion of wedding to provide a
tin box in which to place a sheet OF
paper containing the autographs % all
guests present. list of the gifts re-
ceived, photographs of the bride and
groom, a piece of the wedding cake, =
sample of the brides dress and one OF
her gloves. This box with its contents
is securely fastened, not to be opened
for twenty-five years, or at the silver
wedding. should the twain most inter
ssted be hving.-M. y. World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26

"A landlord, noted for his bulk OF
person, was lying seriously ill. and
one of his tenants. who came 10 in
quire after ''the masth,.r," WAS in
formed that he was being kept up by
the occasional administration of tea
spoonful of brandy. Whereupon he
rejoined somewhat contemptuously;
TEASPOONS, is it! And what good
would tayspoon be sthraying about in
such wilderness of manr'-ChieaQs
Living Church.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26

Many breeders hold there is little
difference in supporting the growing
colt and the growing steer of about the
same weight. Some raisers of heavy
horses point to this fact as an argu-
ment in favor of their industry, and
tell the farmers that heavy colts will
sell for ten cents pound live weight.
while five cents is good average price
for fat steers--iSt. Louis Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-26

Stable and barnyard manures and
an excess of vegetable matter in the
soil causes heavy growth of wood at the
expense of fruit production.-NGtSop03
TiesO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-20

Mr.. Brinkworth. corn merchant. of Bristol,
England, is a bankrupt His liabilities are $780,,
600.
Under the initiative of the Vatican it has
been arranged that converts in tho Reichsland.
which branches of French institutions, shall
henceforth have relations with German converts
of similar character.
A dispatch from Rio Grande del Sui says that
the Brazilian mail steamer Rio Apa, bound from
London for Rio Janeiro. was driven to sea by
stress of weather. and has not since been heard
from. 1t Is feared she has been lost.
There have been severe suow-storms in the
Swiss Alps. Six tourists, including three sons
of the director of Zurich College. have been lost
on the Jungfrau. Several parties were sent out
to endeavor to rescue them, but their efforts
were not successful.
collision occurred at Spithead yesterday be-
tween the British iron-clads Ajax and Devasta-
tion. The Devastation was considerably dam
aged and is leaking fast. The Devastation is a
double-screw iron turret ship, armor-p plated of
$3.50 tons and 6,650 horsepower. The Ajax is q
double-screw iron -armor- plated turret ship of
$50 tons and 6.404 horsepower. Both vessels
are in the coast-Guard service
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-20
THE BULGARIAN TYRONE.

Prince Ferdinand Still Dslaye-Russia's Atti-
tude Towards Bulgaria
Special to the indianapolis journal
LONDON, July 19.-Prince Ferdinand, tine
ruled-out ruler of Bulgaria. still. hesitates to
start his proposed visit to St. Petersburg,
whore. in the hope of propitiating the Gear, he
was to have gone last week. 1t is not likely,
however, that he has lost anything by the delay,
and he might defer his trip Indefinitely without
disadvantage. The Gear is determined to upset
the present Bulgarian authorities, and his agents
are intriguing to that end The contention of
Russia has been ever since tho establishment
of the temporary government now in power at
sofia, that the Regents do notrepresent the peo-
pie and the Gar will never recognize the Acts
of Sobranie, elected under their rulership. If
the various Russian agencies now at work with
the object of unhorsng abe regency can accom-
plsh their purpose. fresh election will follow,
q new Sobranje will elect prince. and Russia
will accept him. 1t is claimed by Russian parti-
sans that representative Bulgarian Assembly
will no. eject an Austrian or German Prince
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-20
He Will Go West and Return by Way of the
Northern Border-Also South and Re-
turn Via West Virginia and Maryland.
How Type-Founders Profit by Clause
of the Interstate Commerce Law.
Ex-Gov. Shepherd Thinks Mexico Will Be the
Great Mining Field of the Future-The
Examination of Dsbursing Accounts.


Ro Proposes to See the Country and Has
Marked Ont Number of Excursions
BROOKLYN. n. Y, July ia special from
Washington to-day. to tho Eagle, says: 1T is
the present intention of the President, though
not yet formally expressed, to take trip to
Philadelphia in September. during the centenni-
al celebration of the adoption of the Constitu-
tion by the convention of 1887, and then to re-
turn here to await the time arranged for his
Western tour. 1t is not improbable thas he will
visit, ON his return. the northern tier OF States
Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan, and north
ern Ohio, with a few days at Buffalo
nnd in Western New York. He has also
still in mind trip to the South. one which will
take in flying trip through the coast States to
Atlanta, returning northward through the inte-
rior States, taking in West Virginia and Mary
land Before his departure, in conversing
upon the subject Of these trips, the President
intimated that his previous occupation and dis
position to stay at home had deprived him OF
that personal knowledge of the different sections
Of the country. their people and their interests.
which it now important for him to have.
When he returns tomorrow he will have his
hands full with politics and politicians
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-20
"A CATHOLIC SCANDAL.
The Provincial Of the Order of st. Augustine
Formally Deposed from His Office.

PHILADELPHIA, July 19-One Of the most
remarkable cases of ecclesiastical litigation in
the history Of religious order OF the Roman
Catholic Church in the United States has just
been decided in this archdiocese. Although the
months OF time and had been conducted by each
party to the suit with much zeal and increasing
bitterness. both in this country and in the
courts Of the Holy See, yet all information con-
csrning the proceedings was carefully restricted
10 those within the monastic walls During the
past few days, however. the secret so long and
successfully guarded, has at length become
known. Briefly stated, the case is this. The
provincial of the hermits OF the order Of St
Augustine in the United States has been
formally deposed from his high Office
grave and scandalous charges. and former
provincial. defeated by bare majority vote,
through alleged crooked means at the last quad
rennal election, has been appointed his success
or. AS a consequence, all the appointees Of the
deposed superior will shortly, IL il stated, be re-
moved from office and every member of the
order in the United States must forthwith
knowledge in due form the authority of the new
provincial and solemnly promise obedience and
reverence. Should any of the hermis fathers
refuse to comply with the commands Of the COM
missary-general, who issues the decree, they
will incur suspension, ipso facto, and also dis
these penalties In specially reserved to the gen
eral of the order and to his successors. The de-
posed provincial is the Rev. John r. Gilmore, of
Waterford, ". Y. It was charged that in viola
ton of the rules of the order az the last election
he did vote for himself. and, as he elected
by majority OF one, that his election the
result Of his own vote. IL is also charged that
he secured votes for himself by freely promising
him. The Very Rev. Christopher McEvoy has
been appointed provincial OF the order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-20
The Ohio Democrats.

CLEVELAND, July 1a-Delegatcs to the Dem
ocrasic State convention are here in considerab
numbers tonight Hon. T.. +. Powell, ore OF
the candidates for Governor, opened headquar-
ters at the Weddell House this morning Con-
gressman Foran. who refused to enter the con-
test until yesterday. sailed mp the lake this
afternoon to be gone fortnight. Senator III.
b. Payne announces that he is for Forau, and
the friends of the Congressman are very joyful
over the intelligence. Congressman James T..
Campbell will arrive tomorrow. His friends
certain that he is the coming man.. He lives
near Cincinnati. and tho delegation from that
county is unit for him. Powell comes from
Delaware, the home of s. X. Donovan the mau
who brought charges against Senator Payne in
Washington. Donovan is working for Powell,
and the enemies of the latter are using that
against him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-20

can women come in great crowds to be
presented at court, and that it requires
the united efforts OF the Lord Chamberlain
and the United States minister TO restrain this
mob.
/ met the editor of one Of the society papers
the other day, and asked him where he got all
OF his wonderful facts about American women.
his reply strange confession You
would not suppose, said he, THAT am great
admirer of American women / think they are
the most agreeable and attractive class of ladies
In the world. go almost entirely with Arneri-
cans IN London. / would not sit down and talk
with an Enelishwoman of any type except
under compulsion. English women are
too duh and commonplace prefer the
society of American women Next to them
IN vivacity and agreeableness rank the French
and the Irish ladies'" "But why
you always crrticisine them severely in your
paper Oh was his reply, .sthe American
women Go not read my paper. 1t is paper
got up for English women. / discovered some
time ago that English women are very jealous
OF the prominence given TO American ladies in
London society. so began this kind of running
IRE upon the fair invaders of the most sacred
precincts of London society. and the result s
enormous increase my circulation Every
dull, heavy y-minded English woman believes
that it is the presence of thsse American women
in society which prevents her from receiving her
due share of attention, and consequently she
reads with great pleasure all of these attacks
upon her successful rivals The circulation of
my paper has neavlY doabled since have adopted
this innocent fad Of pokinG fun at and criticsinG
the Am ercan women in London"